Aug 28, 2026 · 34 min · 9 segments
Reed and Micheal discuss Jon Favreau's second entry into the MCU, "Iron Man 2". Synopsis: With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health…
Reed SmithHost
Michael NorthHost
Well, it's nowhere near as, obviously, it's nowhere near as good as the first one.
Yeah, I kind of do, actually, in terms of, like, I thought the action was better, too.
It still has something to say about the world, the new world Tony Stark inhabits and what he needs to do to, you
But at the same time, he's portrayed as the same billionaire playboy he was at the beginning of the first film.
Is this just posturing or is he like this guy again? No, it's like there was no point to anything that happened in the last movie.
Yeah, I would think it's posturing because the guy, when he's offstage, his blood tox levels are getting to him.
And I'm thinking maybe the guy is like being weighed down over the course of the film.
Maybe it's not as much about him being, you know, that guy that everybody knows him as, but rather that's something he thinks he still has to uphold, maintain in the public eye.
In the public eye, you know, to appear confident, to appear that, you know, he's still the same person everybody knows.
I was like, why not? When I finished the first two, I just went straight to Iron Man 3.
I was like, okay, so Iron Man 3 is a culmination of this guy just kind of losing it.
Well, it's nowhere near as, obviously, it's nowhere near as good as the first one.
Yeah, I kind of do, actually, in terms of, like, I thought the action was better, too.
It still has something to say about the world, the new world Tony Stark inhabits and what he needs to do to, you
But at the same time, he's portrayed as the same billionaire playboy he was at the beginning of the first film.
Is this just posturing or is he like this guy again? No, it's like there was no point to anything that happened in the last movie.
Yeah, I would think it's posturing because the guy, when he's offstage, his blood tox levels are getting to him.
And I'm thinking maybe the guy is like being weighed down over the course of the film.
Maybe it's not as much about him being, you know, that guy that everybody knows him as, but rather that's something he thinks he still has to uphold, maintain in the public eye.
In the public eye, you know, to appear confident, to appear that, you know, he's still the same person everybody knows.
I was like, why not? When I finished the first two, I just went straight to Iron Man 3.
I was like, okay, so Iron Man 3 is a culmination of this guy just kind of losing it.
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